I discarded my vote simply because I believe the switch to computers will occur prior to reverting back to a ball machine.
This line of conversation reminds me of a short story I read many years ago in a Sci-Fi magazine. It was about how an individual had figured out how to "fix" the balls in the machine as such to allow only the numbers he wanted to drop. The idea is ingenius. It was a simple matter of coating the balls with a chemical and then applying another chemical to the exit. The two chemicals commonly repelled each other just long enough to permit the uncoated balls to pass thru. And evaporated quickly enough to not be detected after the machine was tested the next day.
Of course, to help fuel the distrust of computerized systems, I do not know if anyone recalls the tv series "Early Edition" whereas the guy (aka the Hero) would receive tomorrow's paper today, allowing him the oppurtunity to change catastrophic events before they happened. In one show, it showed how a system was setup to pull only the combination that was NOT picked, allowing the game to roll-over because there was no winner. Then, after a set period of time, the funds would be returned to the State treasury if it was not won in a given time frame, allowing the system to start over. Of course, the Hero won (thanks to the preprinted numbers in the early edition newspaper), which he promptly deposited the winning ticket into a church till.
Then of course, there are multiple movies out there that show various ways to "con" the system (most of which I have not bothered to watch). To some extent, perhaps twist the public's opinion regarding one type of system or another.
In the end, my personal opinion is relatively simple. The security of a system, be it computerized or mechanical is only as good as it is maintained. A computer in an unguarded office, application of chemicals to the mechanical components, tampering will happen for a simple reason. No matter how much security one installs or maintains, there will forever be the fallacy of one simple trait that is inherently human and that is GREED. Condon or condemn as you please, I believe it is part of what makes each of us strong and it can also make us week.
Just a few of my twisted thoughts. For when all is said and done, I could probably be wrong.
Sir Metro